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Indians earn first win of season
June 17, 2012 in Sports Preston Beck knows how to handle life throwing him a curveball. He also knows what to do when faced with the real thing. The Dallas native and Spokane Indians outfielder …
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AFL owners, union reach deal
June 17, 2012 in Sports The Arena Football League and AFL players union reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement Sunday in Chicago, wrapping up a process that has been hanging over the league all season. … 2
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James leads Heat to Game 3 victory
June 17, 2012 in Sports LeBron James scored 29 points and had 14 rebounds, and the Miami Heat rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 91-85 in Game 3 of …
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Simpson snares U.S. Open
June 17, 2012 in Sports Overlooked for so much of the week, Webb Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco with four birdies around the turn and a tough …
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Smoak delivers win for Mariners
June 17, 2012 in Sports Justin Smoak’s one-out single in the bottom of the ninth scored pinch-runner Munenori Kawasaki from second when the throw home hit Kawasaki in the back, giving the Mariners a 2-1 …
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Man shot by police in Spokane expected to recover
June 17, 2012 in City, News Police shot a man in northeast Spokane early Sunday after he refused to drop the firearm he reportedly had pointed at another person. 28
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Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, dies at 47
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in … 4
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Baby boomers change demographics of working population
June 17, 2012 in City on Page A1 Connie and Scott Brunell were living the early-retirement dream shared by many baby boomers once upon a time. They left telephone company jobs in the Seattle area to work for … 23
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Older workers admit they can’t sit still
June 17, 2012 in City on Page A1 Kennard Kapstafer, 78 Job description: The Pediatric Associates of Spokane doctor has been a pediatrician since 1962. 1
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Violence too much for U.N. observers
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 BEIRUT – U.N. observers suspended their patrols in Syria on Saturday due to a recent spike in violence, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan was unraveling despite … 6
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School lunch blogger free to post pics
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – A 9-year-old blogger won a food fight with authorities in her Scottish town Friday, after an online outcry prompted officials to lift a ban on posting photos of …
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Second Saudi crown prince dies
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The death of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz on Saturday means that – for the second time in less than a year – the …
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In brief: Pilgrimage’s end marred by bombs
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Two car bombs in Iraq’s capital killed at least 26 people Saturday on the last day of a Shiite pilgrimage already hit by multiple bombings. The blasts, one …
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’91 Nobel honoree accepts
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Twenty-one years after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi made her acceptance speech at last on Saturday during her first …
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Egypt warily votes
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO – Egyptians began voting Saturday for a new president, but the joy that defined the first round of elections last month had turned sullen, as if they were enduring …
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Streisand pitches women’s heart health
June 17, 2012 in Health, Nation/World on Page A4 In an elegant white tent at her oceanfront Malibu compound, Barbra Streisand sang and former President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd gathered to raise funds for women’s heart health. … 1
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Romney woos Pennsylvania
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 QUAKERTOWN, Pa. – Standing in front of his campaign tour bus, Mitt Romney on Saturday told religious conservatives he would do “the opposite” of what President Barack Obama has done … 3
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Unmanned spacecraft returns safely
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 LOS ANGELES – An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission. The spacecraft, which was … 1
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Queen marks official birthday
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 LONDON – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with the traditional Trooping the Colour parade in London, accompanied by Prince Philip for the first time since the …
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Pilots praise rerouted Reno air races course
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 RENO, Nev. – Pilots offered praise this week for a new course designed to keep them farther away from spectators at the Reno National Championship Air Races after last year’s …
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Female astronaut joins Chinese trip to module
June 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A8 JIUQUAN, China – China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting …
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That’s NEWS to you
June 17, 2012 in City on Page B1 Here’s a chance to see how closely you followed the news last week with the newspaper version of That’s News to You. You can also try our online quiz, at …
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Doug Clark: Thank you for turning poetic goal into reality
June 17, 2012 in City on Page B1 After last year’s edition of Spokane Street Music Week took in a record $8,300 despite grotesque weather conditions, a challenge was raised by some of my closest friends. “Go for … 3
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Heart disease deaths down
June 17, 2012 in City, Health on Page B1 Deaths from heart disease in Spokane County have continued to plummet in the past 10 years. Cancer is now the leading killer, according to statistics collected by the Spokane Regional … 1
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